So I'm back...
I went to the beach this weekend with my daughter and 7 of her friends for her 18th birthday. I ended up cheating a little... I baked her favorite cake and made frosting, and while I was frosting the cake, I had to taste some. Probably more than just a taste....

Oh well, I started back up on the diet again yesterday and did very well with about 25 carbs total... even while at the beach on vacation!

I haven't lost as much as others seem to ~ but that is always the case, I must be one of those "hard to lose weight" people... totally...

pchick

So I'm past a week on my new low carb diet. I've been reading a few books on the subject, both of which describe many different low carb diet options... I'm thinking I'm pretty much doing the atkins diet. I've been trying to stay under 20 carbs a day, and I think I've been doing it... but I'm going out today to buy a food scale just to make sure!

Last night was the hardest for me so far ~ it was my daughters b-day on Monday and she is still celebrating with friends, and last night they made blueberry milkshakes ~ and I just about blew it.

Instead I made plain whipped...

pchick

So, of course, I start my big diet plan the week before the 4th of July... not really thinking about the big BBQ we had planned. I didn't want to let my friends down, so I decided to just be good.

My hubby made blueberry/raspberry pie, and there was homemade ice cream and corn on the cob and all sorts of things I shouldn't have.

Hey I'm proud of myself!! I got through the WHOLE DAY w/o cheating!! Here's what I ate:
B: 2 scrambled eggs
L: 1C raw spinich, .5C romaine lettuce and a can of tuna with some green goddess dressing
D: 3 pieces...

pchick

I've been doing really good on my very first low-carb diet... but yesterday I broke down and had an atkins bar ~ I think that brought my total carb count for the day over 20. I really hope that it didn't mess up what I've started!

Also yesterday I was having weird cramping in my arms and legs and I don't know if that is normal ~ I guess I should ask on the message boards
And today I woke up feeling a little weak in the muscles... hmmm ~ don't like that feeling.
It's also been really hot here and we don't have air conditioning and I get a little swollen in the...

pchick

So this is my first blog entry here at LCF. I decided to write here instead of on Facebook or Myspace or anyplace where people really won't care.
A little history about me:
I was raised on a small farm and grew up eating lots of meat and cheese (and pasta and potatoes), as a kid I was told (by my mother) that I was fat and she put me on many, many diets starting when I was 12. I went on weight watchers, nutrisystem, lemonade diet, cabbage soup diet... all of 'em. I just wish I could have seen myself in reality, because I was never THAT big as a kid ~ my mom is just anorexic!!...

pchick